PHOTOS: Tigers take down Southern 65-17 in home opener

Here were the best shots from the Tigers’ home opener as Brian Kelly won his first game with the program.

The Brian Kelly era may not have started the way Tigers fans hoped, but his first win at LSU came in blowout fashion on Saturday night.

His squad boat-raced Southern in the home-opener, winning 65-17 in what was the first-ever matchup between the two programs that sit just miles away from each other. The game was never in doubt, and it was not LSU’s toughest test this fall.

Still, it allowed the team to tighten some things up ahead of the start of SEC play against Mississippi State, with both sides of the ball looking better in this one.

Here were the best photos from Kelly’s first win as the coach of the Tigers.